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2011 IndyCar Drivers and Teams

Here is the latest run down of the teams and drivers for the 2011 season. This includes everyone confirmed plus known situations for those unconfirmed.

Last updated: April 6, 2011 @ 10:07 AM EST.

The current full time count is 26.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Scott Dixon – Target
Dario Franchitti – Target

Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing
Charlie Kimball (R) – Novo Nordisk
Graham Rahal – Service Central

Team Penske
Ryan Briscoe – IZOD
Helio Castroneves – Guidepoint Systems
Will Power – Verizon

Andretti Autosport
Marco Andretti – Venom Energy Drink
Mike Conway – GoDaddy, DHL and most likely self-funding
Ryan Hunter-Reay – DHL
Danica Patrick – GoDaddy.com

John Andretti will run at Indianapolis with Window World.

Panther Racing
J.R. Hildebrand – National Guard

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Justin Wilson – Z-Line Designs and
Ana Beatriz – Ipiranga

KV Racing Technology
Takuma Sato – Lotus
E.J. Viso – Lotus
Tony Kanaan – GEICO
Tomas Scheckter will run at Indy

HVM Racing
Simona de Silvestro – Entergy Nuclear

A.J. Foyt Enterprises
Vitor Meira – ABC Supply
Bruno Junqueira – ABC Supply – Indianapolis 500 only

Sarah Fisher Racing
Ed Carpenter – Dollar General

Sam Schmidt Motorsports / FAZZT Race Team
Alex Tagliani – B&W

Jay Howard will run at Indianapolis.

Townsend Bell will run at Indianapolis.

Wade Cunningham, the 2005 Indy Lights Champion will run three races: Texas, Kentucky and Las Vegas.

Conquest Racing
Sebastian Saavedra

Pippa Mann had a very good test on 2/29

Dale Coyne Racing
Sebastian Bourdais – Boy Scouts of America
James Jakes – Acorn Stairlifts

Bourdais is only running the road courses. We’re not sure who will run the ovals. We originally though it was Milka, but she claims she is committed to ARCA and doesn’t want to run Indy.

Newmann / Haas
Oriol Servia – Telemundo
James Hinchcliffe – Sprott Inc.

Hinchcliffe will not be traveling outside of North America (Brazil and Japan).

Dragon Racing
Paul Tracy will run 5 races for former de Ferran Dragon co-owner Jay Penske.

AFS Racing
Raphael Matos will run at St. Pete. He has funding for the first 4-5 races but nothing has been announced.

Bryan Herta Autosport
Dan Wheldon will run at Indy.

Rahal Letterman Racing
Bertrand Baguette will run at Indianapolis.

Kingdom Racing
Davey Hamilton will run 3 races: Indianapolis, Texas and Las Vegas in a partnership with Dreyer & Reinbold.

de Ferran Dragon Racing
For all intensive purposes, this one’s done. Tony Kanaan was let out of his contract on 2/23 and they closed shop on the next day.

Other Unconfirmed Drivers

JK Vernay tested with Conquest, but he has lost his funding for a ride.

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